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A professor and students sit around a conference table during a chip design discussion. A large monitor and laptop display a printed circuit board layout, while participants listen and gesture during the meeting.
Chen Wins IEEE Donald O. Pederson Best Paper Award
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Chen Wins IEEE Donald O. Pederson Best Paper Award

Award-winning publication provides a blueprint for chip design companies to train machine learning models that help detect lithography hotspot patterns in IC layouts before fabrication while protecting proprietary layout data.

NAE leadership, Duke Engineering leadership, and speakers pose for a group photo at the NAE regional meeting on May 20, 2026.
Duke Hosts NAE Regional Meeting Focused on Aviation
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Duke Hosts NAE Regional Meeting Focused on Aviation

Leading experts in aerospace from industry and academia gathered to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the quickly evolving aviation industry.

Michimasa Fujino takes a selfie with Alec Gallimore.
Exploring Technological Advancements in Aircraft Design
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Exploring Technological Advancements in Aircraft Design

The second session on day 1 of the NAE regional meeting held at Duke looked at ambitious ideas of aircraft design to solve challenges in commercial aviation.

Captain Jim Graham speaks at the NAE regional meeting at Duke.
Modernization Needed on Multiple Fronts in Commercial Aviation
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Modernization Needed on Multiple Fronts in Commercial Aviation

The first session on day 1 of the NAE regional meeting held at Duke emphasized that the aviation industry needs broad modernization efforts to keep up with present and future demands.